CHRIS GREENHALGH CHRIS.GREENHALGH@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Professor of Computer Science
Crafting Trajectories of Smart Phone Use at the Opera
Greenhalgh, Chris; Hazzard, Adrian; Benford, Steve; Cliffe, Laurence; Kelly, Elizabeth
Authors
ADRIAN HAZZARD Adrian.Hazzard@nottingham.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow
STEVE BENFORD steve.benford@nottingham.ac.uk
Dunford Chair in Computer Science
LAURENCE CLIFFE LAURENCE.CLIFFE1@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Research Fellow
ELIZABETH KELLY Elizabeth.Kelly@nottingham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Abstract
Losing Her Voice is a new opera which highlights the challenges of subtly interweaving digital technologies into established cultural forms. Audience members were encouraged to use their own mobile phones to interact with on-stage projections before, during and after the performance. We chart the trajectories of participation that were designed into the premiere performances of this work, and how these unfolded in practice. We identify the strategies that were effective to: encourage the adoption of the mobile app; interweave use with the other elements of the opera performance; make it consistent with the content; and ensure it complemented but was not essential to the show. We highlight the way in which three canonical trajectories must be woven together in this experience: the standard trajectory of "a night at the opera"; the dramatic arc of the specific work, and the audience member's use of their own device.
Citation
Greenhalgh, C., Hazzard, A., Benford, S., Cliffe, L., & Kelly, E. (2022). Crafting Trajectories of Smart Phone Use at the Opera. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 29(6), 1-37. https://doi.org/10.1145/3531007
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 16, 2022 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 8, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022-12 |
Deposit Date | May 16, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 8, 2022 |
Journal | ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction |
Electronic ISSN | 1073-0516 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 29 |
Issue | 6 |
Article Number | 59 |
Pages | 1-37 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1145/3531007 |
Keywords | Opera; theatre; trajectories; display ecologies; live performance; audience interaction; mobile phones |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/8128900 |
Publisher URL | https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3531007 |
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